Best gigs of 2016, as chosen by The Pentatonic's writers

You may have noticed that as it’s December, we are divulging into the world of end of the year listicles.

Listicles are somewhat easier to read than your normal article, so you can thank us for that. But when all is said and done, this one is something a bit different. Our crack team of like, 12 people, have come forward to announce their favourite gigs of 2016.

Now you would be right in thinking that this list is mostly new bands, but some of them are fairly big, most of them were no doubt a bit raucous. From the sweaty, to the super, here are the gigs that we thought were the best of 2016…

Sundara Karma at East Village Arts Club, Liverpool – their stage presence has improved so much since I last saw them, they played a lot of their old stuff rather than just promoting their new songs and the crowd was just so energetic from the start.

Mayday Parade at the Troxy, Jimmy Eat World at The Forum, Black Foxxes at the Boston Music Room, Dead! at Livingston Studios, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Bring Me The Horizon at the Royal Albert Hall, Nothing But Thieves @ Brixton, Sundara Karma @ Heaven, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON